Beginner’s Guide to Getting Started with Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate Marketing

There are so many ways to earn money from your blogging website but the oldest and best one is Affiliate Marketing. But here you need a trusted and loyal audience who can buy anything from you. Because in this particular method you are selling a product or services to anyone. These products or services are not your property but when you sell it you get commission on it.

The product which you pick is along with a referral link which you add in your blog post. Whenever someone click on that link and purchase that product you get commission on it. If you have thousands of traffic on your website then you can try this source of income. Otherwise this is not gonna work for you because who will buy that product.

It works like this:

1. You join an affiliate program.
2. You get a special tracking link.
3. You promote that link on your website, blog, YouTube, or social media.
4. When someone clicks the link and makes a purchase (or completes another action), you earn a commission.

How Affiliate Marketing Works?

1. Choose a Niche

Before starting you must have a proper niche website on which you are generating a high volume traffic. The product which you are going to sell is also in the same niche so your chances to generate more money from it easily.

Also make sure you have a full knowledge in that particular niche, so you can write a high quality content on it. Then your audience will trust you and easily convince to buy the product. When you have knowledge and experience in a niche then you know what actually user are looking for and what product they are going to need it.

2. Join Affiliate Programs

Sign up for affiliate programs that match your niche. Now it is a platform in which you get the product and they will give you the referral links. Popular options include:

• Amazon Associates
• ClickBank
• ShareASale
• CJ Affiliate
• Impact

Now there are so many of other programs but we mentioned only the trusted one and those which give you a good commissions. Also on Amazon you will get thousands of product so whatever your niche is , it gonna sold out.

3. Get Your Affiliate Links

Once you joined the program then find the product or services related to your niche. Pick up the link which is a unique link to that product. Now this link you can add anywhere in your website. Where you think there are most chances to get clicks.

Whenever someone buy that product from your link you get the commission on it. If you have some other sources like Social media or you you have a larger audience you can also share this link to them. You just need some audience you are interested in buying that product.

Benefits of Affiliate Marketing

• Low Startup Costs at first and you don’t need inventory or a big investment.
• You just need a laptop and internet connection to make it possible.
• This  is an passive income and you don't need to be physical available for it once your content is out there, it can keep earning for months or years.
• More traffic means more chances to generate more money.

How to Succeed in Affiliate Marketing?

Make sure you need to pick the product which is according to your website niche. Make sure it is high quality and it have a high demand for people. Make sure to provide them actual product which you mention, because gaining the trust of your audience is must important. For this you also need to understand Search Engine Optimization (SEO), because this is how you can generate traffic. 

Get the regular updates about the traffic how many people click on the links, and how many buy that product. This will help you understand your audience and their behavior. Then you can place accordingly and it will give you good results.

Final thought

If you have not much traffic in your website don't start affiliate marketing because you can waste your time and resources. Instead you can use Ads on your website which will give you a good amount of money as compare to affiliate marketing. Also choose the program which give you a high amount of commission.

Because affiliate marketing is also difficult and you get less commission so , you are just wasting your time. The products or services make sure their demand is high and people really need it otherwise they just click on the link but did not purchase it.